General Knowledge Quiz 631 (20 MCQs)

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1. Where is Erta Ale, the longest continuously erupting volcano (since 1906) and one of only four volcanoes with a lava lake?
2. What, holding a sword in one hand and scales in the other, traditionally represents "Justice" ?
3. What does sauerkraut traditionally consist of?
4. The course for which of these sports has "bunkers", "fairways" and "greens" ?
5. Where is the Tassili n'Ajjer National Park?
6. Al Pacino turned down the lead in which film, based on G B Shaw's Pygmalion?
7. In the middle ages, what were built in Canterbury, York, Lincoln, Salisbury, Lichfield and Winchester?
8. Who won the Best Actress Oscar for her role as Queen Elizabeth II in "The Queen" ?
9. What is the name of the song by Kenny Rogers that includes the lines "You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, Know when to walk away and know when to run" ?
10. There are 354 steps from where to where?
11. Suede is variety of what?
12. Who co-starred with Kevin Costner in "Bodyguard" and released a song from the movie, "I Will Always Love You", which became a hit?
13. The noted 15th and 16th century maritime explorers Ferdinand Magellan, Pedro Álvares Cabral, Vasco da Gama and Bartolomeu Dias (or Bartholomew Diaz) are all of what nationality?
14. The soldiers in New Zealand's Pioneer Battalion in World War I were all ..... ?
15. Beth Heiden, Christa Rothenburger and Sheila Young have all been world champions at speed skating and which other sport?
16. The Lorentz transformation of a scalar field takes into account the effects of what?
17. In Greece, what is a dish that is mainly cucumber mixed with garlic and yoghurt called?
18. Where would the phenomenon reported by locals as Naga Fireballs be found?
19. In 1957 the US army donated 15 what to zoos, and sold the remainder of its stock to the public?
20. Where did the 1819 event known as Peterloo take place?